Apple M2 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2

Compared 2 processors: Apple M2 (iPad), vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M2 (iPad) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Apple M2 (iPad)
2188966
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
3115282
CPU547920679852
GPU9151491283493
Memory363648646515
UX362249505422
NanoReview Score21889663115282
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple M2 (iPad)
19845
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
n/a
Stability74 %n/a
Graphics Test118 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M2 (iPad)
2623
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
3393
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M2 (iPad)
9803
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
11515
File Compression375.1 MB/s421.4 MB/s
HTML5 Browser220.6 pages/s268 pages/s
PDF Rendering249.8 MP/sec300.8 MP/sec
Background Blur41.1 frames/s42.4 frames/s
Photo Processing99.3 frames/s115.6 frames/s
Image Detection226.5 frames/s353.8 frames/s
HDR325.7 MP/sec339.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing10.7 MP/sec14.1 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 4x 3.49 GHz – Avalanche
- 4x 2.42 GHz – Blizzard
- 2x 4.6 GHz -
- 6x 3.63 GHz -
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3490 4600
Instruction set ARMv8.5-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB n/a
L2 cache 16 MB n/a
L3 Cache n/a 16 MB
Process tech. 5 nm 3 nm
Transistor count 20 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 20 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple M2 GPU n/a
Architecture Apple GPU n/a
GPU Frequency 1398 MHz n/a
Execution Units 8 n/a
Shader Units 128 n/a
Total shader 1024 n/a
FLOPS 2918 GFLOPS 3990 GFLOPS

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Apple Neural Engine Hexagon
GPU Frequency 15.8 TOPS n/a

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz n/a
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 102.4 Gbit/s n/a
Max RAM 24 GB n/a

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe - UFS 4.0
- UFS 4.1
Max. resolution 2732x2048 pixels n/a
Camera n/a 1x320 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s n/a
Upload speed Up to 3000 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.0 6.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Galileo
- QZSS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced June, 2022 yr September, 2025 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename APL1109 SM8850

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M2 (iPad) the clear winner in this comparison.

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